Detachable closet-seat.



No. 817,731. PATENTED APR. 10, 1906.

J. T. BAILY. DETAGHABLE CLOSET SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED 1707.21.1904.

UNTTEE STATFfi PATENT JOSIAH T. BAILY, OF CHICAGO, lLLTNOIS, ASSIGNOB TO EDITH E. BAILY,

OF CHlUAGD, lLLIilOlS.

DETAGHABLE CL$ET=$EAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed November 21. 1904. Serial No. 233,713.

in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

have invented a new and useful Detachable Closet-Seat, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to detachable closetseats for the use of children, and has for its object to produce a sim ly-constructed and efficient device of this aracter which may be quickly attached to or detached from the ordinary closet-seat and adjusted to seats of various forms and sizes.

With these and other objects in view,

which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the sha e, proportions, and general assemblage of t e parts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device. Figs. 2 and 8 are plan views showing the device applied to two different forms of closet-seats. Fig. 4 is asectional detail illustrating the application of the resilient clip. F i 5 is a perspective View of one of the resilient clips detached. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view, enlarged, of the toy-tray-arm coupling.

The improved device comprises a base or platform 10, forming an auxiliary seat for resting upon the ordinary seat of the closet (indicated at 11) and provided. with the usual aperture 12.

Disposed u )011 the platform or base is a continuous back and side rest 13, inclosing the aperture 12 on all sides except the front.

5 The rest member 13 is formed from flexible material, such as laminated wood, and connected to the base member by clips 14, preferably in L shape, so that the rest member may be adjusted to increase or decrease the width to ad apt the same to children of different sizes or to enlarge the rest to correspond with the growth of the child.

Extending laterally from the forward outer sides of the rest member 13 are studs 15, terminating in heads 17 18, the latter extending laterally of the studs, as represented in Fig. 6, and the rest member also provided with stops 19 20, disposed in advance of the headed studs.

A toy tray 21 is provided and formed with spaced side arms 22 23, having slots 24 near t eir free ends to receive the enlarged heads of the studs when placed in an unusual ,posi- ,ti0nfor instance, when turned vertic. lyas illustrated in Fig. 6, and restin upon the stops 19 when in a horizonta osition, the arms 22 23 of the tray bein su ciently flexible to yield to the lateral adjustment of the sides of the rest member. By this means it is obvious the toy tray can be readily attached or detached, while at the same time it will be securely held in position when in use.

Means are provided for detachably connecting the platform 10 to the closet-seat 11, consisting of resilient plates 25, bent at right angles, with one arm slotted, as at 26, to receive the holding-screw 27, and the other arm, for yieldably bearing against the edges of the seat 11. The clips or plates 25 are also reversible upon the base member, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, to adapt the device to the closet-seats 11 of different forms and sizes; By this simple means the platform may be easily adapted to various forms and sizes'of the seats 11, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

The platform 10 and back-rest 13 will preferably be of laminated wood to make them as light as possible, while at the same time strong and durable.

Havin thus fully described the invention, what is claimed is- In a detachable auxiliary closet-seat, a base member having a scat-aperture, con- Ion tiniious back and side rest of flexible mate- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as rial extendin vertically from said base and my own I have hereto aflixed my signature inclosing sai aperture except at one side, in the presence of two Witnesses.

spaced clips connectin said rest detachably JOSIAH T. BAILY and adjust-ably to sai base, and means for Witnesses:

demachably connecting said base member to EMIL J. LOUGHKOVSKY,

an ordinary closet-seat FRED W. STUOKE. 

